The role of self-blame for trauma as assessed by the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI): A self-protective cognition?

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 395-403

  Startup, Mike ^a   Makgekgenene, Lebogang ^a   Webster, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive model; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTCI; PTSD; Self blame

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 37849189185     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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